Reviews vom 19.8.2015
London
How can opera find a voice online?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/social-media/
Carmen, Opera UpClose, Soho Theatre, review: ‘ problematic’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/carmen-opera-upclose-review/
Interview
Facing the music: Kitty Whately
From the Swingles to Sondheim, Sir Thomas Allen, Jonathan Dove and Abba, mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately shares her musical passions
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/17/facing-the-music-singer-kitty-whately
Prom 43: Saturation point as Vänskä draws Sibelius cycle to a close
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-43-sibelius-vanska-bbcso-august-2015
New York
Review: George Benjamin, at Mostly Mozart, Shows Depth as a Conductor
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Dance This Week: Mostly Mozart and the Battery Dance Festival
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Boston
Opera del West: Felicitous Figaro, Constrained
http://www.classical-scene.com/2015/08/18/opera-del-west-figaro/
Houston
Houston Grand Opera Adds Three World Premieres, & More to New Season
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Bildende Kunst
The Musician Portraits of John Singer Sargent
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/musician-portraits-john-singer-sargent/
Reviews vom 18.8.2015
London
Prom 40: BBC SSO / Dausgaard @ Royal Albert Hall, London
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Proms 2015: Prom 41, Sherlock Holmes – A Musical Mind, review: ‘good-natured whimsy’
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Proms 2015: Prom 42, Sibelius – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, review: ‘skittish’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/proms-42-sibelius-symphonies-3-4-review/
Edinburgh
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Petrenko review – forensic precision and high-definition lines
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New York
Review: Lars Vogt Presents Late-Career Beethoven and Schubert at Mostly Mozart
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Chicago,
Ravinia Festival. Conlon closes his Ravinia decade with a grand and dramatic “Dutchman”
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Santa Fe/ Noch eine “Cold Moutain”-Review
Santa Fe Opera breathes new life into epic Civil War tale “Cold Mountain’
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Reviews vom 17.8.2015
London
Carmen at the Soho Theatre
http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2015/08/15/carmen-at-the-soho-theatre-opera-review/
Mozart : Die Entführung aus dem Serail /Glyndebourne at the Proms, 15th August 2015
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Prom 39: Turkish delight: Glyndebourne’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail
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Proms Saturday Matinee 3: Apollo’s Fire & Alina Ibragimova: ‘superbly judged’
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Leeds
Northern Ballet’s new dance production takes George
Orwell’s ’1984′ classic to the stage
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Edinburgh/Glyndebourne
The Last Hotel; Rudolf Buchbinder; Modigliani Quartet; L’heure espagnole/ L’enfant et les sortilèges – review
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Edinburgh
RSNO/Gardner at Edinburgh festival review – thrillingly stark Sibelius
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Chicago
Kalmar, Paremski and Grant Park Orchestra take flight with life stories
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Berkeley
West Edge Opera’s ‘Lulu’
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Reviews vom 16.8.2015
London
Ballet Theatre of St Petersburg’s Swan Lake, Coliseum, review: ‘disappointing’
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Swan Lake review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/swan-lake/
Swan Lake, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, London Coliseum
Irina Kolesnikova dominates but doesn’t enchant in this mediocre production
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Exacting Boulez overshadows Ravel and Stravinsky with the BBCSO and François-Xavier Roth https://bachtrack.com/review-prom-36-boulez-bbcso-roth-august-2015
Edinburgh
Interview Rudolf Buchbinder: ‘Musical freedom was fantastisch! We are too strict today’
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Weitere „Figaro“-Review
The Marriage of Figaro at Edinburgh festival review – Fischer’s innovative take on Mozart
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Angela Hewitt: a morning of Iberian splendour at the Edinburgh International Festival
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Caramoor Festival Nuns ‘n Roses: Dialogues des Carmélites at Caramoor
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Raleigh North Carolina Opera Kicks off the 2015/16 Season with MADAMA BUTTERFLY, 10/30 and 11/1
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Buenos Aires
Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires Aims to Reclaim Glory Days with a New Direction
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Ton- und Bildträger
DVD/ Gaetano Donizetti: Maria di Rohan Recording: Donizetti Theater, Bergamo, Italy (October 7 and 9, 2011) http://concertonet.com/scripts/dvd.php?ID_cd=3477
Feuilleton
There Is Opera; there Is Opera Light, and Opera Without Walls
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The Eternal Appeal of Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/eternal-appeal-mozarts-magic-flute/
Reviews vom 15.8.2015
London Prom 34, Royal Albert Hall, review: A search to articulate grand truths which never quite succeeds
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Prom 36: Marc-André Hamelin/BBC SO, review: ‘challenging and vivid’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/prom-36-marc-andre-hamelin-bbc-so-review/
Prom 38: Hindu philosophy via Foulds and Messiaen excites and uplifts
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-38-turangalila-august-2015
Edingburgh
Edinburgh 2015: The Marriage of Figaro, Festival Theatre, review: ‘without heart’
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The Rake’s Progress review – a rare, tender Stravinsky staging
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Too good to be true: A very fine Rakes Progress at the Edinburgh International Festival
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Santa Fe
Garden of Delights
The Santa Fe Opera makes a strong case for Mozart’s early opera La Finta Giardiniera.
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San Francisco
S.F. Opera Season Through the Eyes (and Ears) of the Chorus
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Bücher
My Life with Wagner by Christian Thielemann, review: ‘an artist’s manual’
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Reviews vom 14.8.2015
Bayreuth
Bayreuth Festival, the House That Wagner Built, Stays on Course but Changes
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Istanbul
Countdown begins for Leyla Gencer competition finals
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London/Soho theatre,
London Carmen review – committed performances in slimmed-down version of Bizet’s classic
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Carmen, opera review: Close-up and personal with Bizet
Robin Norton-Hale’s production of Bizet’s Carmen hits home, says Nick Kimberley
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Carmen review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/carmen-3/
Life lessons at Tête à Tête:The Fisherman and his Wife, Storm’s Eye
https://bachtrack.com/review-fisherman-wife-storms-eye-tete-a-tete-august-2015
Glyndebourne/ Weitere Reviews zu den Ravel-Einaktern
Opera review: Ravel Double Bill – Glyndebourne Festival Opera
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Glyndebourne’s Ravel double bill comes close to perfection
The clocks and the costumes make Michael Tanner want to climb up on stage
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New York Benjamin’s “Written on Skin” flays opera conventions in U.S. premiere
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Review: In “Written on Skin,’ George Benjamin Creates an Unusual Love Triangle
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“Written on Skin’ brings theater to opera stage
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“Written on Skin’ Review This startlingly original opera tells a love story etched in blood. http://www.wsj.com/articles/written-on-skin-review-1439417190
Review: Matthias Goerne Captures the Mood at the Mostly Mozart Festival
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Written on Skin at Mostly Mozart Festival: a primeval experience
https://bachtrack.com/review-written-on-skin-new-york-august-2015
The Ashley Bouder Project Disappoints at the Joyce’s Ballet Festival
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Santa Fe
Comedy Tonight! At Santa Fe Opera, Donizetti’s The Daughter of the Regiment keeps the audience laughing.
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Surely You Jest At Santa Fe Opera, Rigoletto is beautifully sung, but suffers from bizarre staging choices.
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Reviews vom 13.8.2015
Torre del Lago
Bonsai Butterfly: budget elegance at the Festival Pucciniano
https://bachtrack.com/review-madama-butterfly-torre-del-lago-august-2015
London
Jonathan Ollivier: ‘a dancer of tremendous ability’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/dance/jonathan-ollivier-tributes-and-reaction/
Edinburgh
Weitere Reviews zu „Last Hotel”
The Last Hotel review – a searingly powerful new chamber opera
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The Last Hotel Review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/last-hotel/
Rudolf Buchbinder review – big-boned, full-throttle Beethoven
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New York
The Ashley Bouder Project at the Joyce Theater
https://bachtrack.com/review-ashley-bouder-project-joyce-theater-new-york-august-2015
Tanglewood
Nelsons, Tanglewood students and cast of hundreds strike sparks in Mahler Eighth
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Ravinia
Mattila brings an operatic dimension to song recital at Ravinia
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Vail, Colorado
An “Apollo’ Debut and a Balanchine Celebration at Vail International Dance Festival
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Sidney
Sydney Opera House: The Opera – as new as you’re going to get in 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/12/sydney-opera-house-the-opera
Opera Australia to stage Turandot on the harbour as it unveils 2016 season
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Web
Watch: 5 Opera Gems from the AP’s Huge New YouTube Archive
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/5-opera-gems-aps-huge-new-youtube-archive/
Reviews vom 12.8.2015
London
ORR/Gardiner review – dramatic energy but a Hollywood Bowl ending
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Carducci Quartet/Shostakovich 15 review – truly extraordinary stamina in a musical Marathon
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Prom 34 Turbulent storms: Grimes revisited and earthy Prokofiev from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra read more
Edingburgh
World première of The Last Hotel at the Edinburgh Festival
https://bachtrack.com/review-last-hotel-edinburgh-festival-august-2015
Edinburgh: Jordi Savall, review: ‘exciting’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/edinburgh-jordi-savall-review/
New York
Ballet Festival at the Joyce and “Solo for Two’ at City Center Reviews
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Tanglewood
Review: Tanglewood Orchestra Celebrating Its 75th
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Santa Fe
2015 Festival at the Santa Fe Opera Review
From classics to a world premiere, Santa Fe Opera’s solid offerings show why audiences keep coming back.
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Absurdly, Early Mozart at Santa Fe Opera
http://www.classical-scene.com/2015/08/10/finta-giardiniera-santa-fe/
Seattle
Seattle Opera’s “Nabucco’: An old story, told in a new way
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Seattle
Nabucco aims for innovation but falls flat
https://bachtrack.com/review-nabucco-racine-montanaro-seattle-august-2015
San Francisco
Merola Shines in Don Pasquale
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Sidney
Opera Australia 2016 season: new versions of old favourites, obscure Verdi
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Reviews vom 11.8.2015
Salzburg
At Salzburg Festival, Musicians Tap Their Inner Mozarts and Schuberts
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Torre del Lago
Tenor Fractures Spine After Stage Platform Collapses at Puccini Festival
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London Prom 31: The National Youth Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder rise to the challenge Mahler’s Ninth https://bachtrack.com/review-prom-31-mahler-nyogb-elder-august-2015
Prom 32: Eric Whitacre, review: ‘overstayed its welcome’
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Prom 33: Gardiner and his Romantic Revolutionaries pack a punch
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh: The Opening Concert at Usher Hall, review: ‘wonderful’
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Glyndebourne
Ravel double bill, Glyndebourne, review: ‘polished’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/ravel-double-bill-glyndebourne-review/
L’Heure Espagnole/L’Enfant Et Les Sortileges review
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/lheure-espagnolelenfant-et-les-sortileges/
New York
Across the U.S., Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ Remains Insanely Popular
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/across-us-puccinis-tosca-remains-insanely-popular/
Review: Stately Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, a Brave Danish String Quartet
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Tanz–Review: Celebrating Partnership, Mostly Apart, in “Solo for Two’
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Reviews vom 10.8.2015
London
Tête à Tête festival; BBC Proms review – from the supine to the sublime
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Prom 29: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Messiaen world premiere, review: ‘exhilarating music’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/prom-29-messiaen/
BBC Philharmonic/Collon review – an evening of considerable distinction
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Bournonville via Australia: Queensland Ballet brings Schaufuss’ La Sylphide to London
https://bachtrack.com/review-la-sylphide-queensland-ballet-london-coliseum-august-2015
Glyndebourne
Spanish sex and Gallic charm: a perfect Ravel double bill at Glyndebourne
https://bachtrack.com/review-ravel-de-niese-pelly-glyndebourne-august-2015
New York
A bland start and sensational finish to Gardner concert at Mostly Mozart
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Boston
BSO conductor brings out the character of the Music
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Chicago
Music of Adams and Haydn makes a lakefront summer Highlight
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Santa Fe
Powerful “Salome” and problematic Mozart at Santa Fe Opera
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Weitere Reviews zu „Cold Mountain”:
Cold Mountain: New American Classic
http://www.classical-scene.com/2015/08/08/cold-mountain-higdon/
On stage at last, “Cold Mountain’ is talk of town, beyond
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Reviews vom 9.8.2015
Salzburg
Review: A Divisive “Fidelio’ Draws Boos at Salzburg
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London
Il Parnaso Confuso review – brilliant fun with a bravura score
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Prom 29: Bavouzet, BBC Philharmonic, Collon
French pianist is the bird of paradise in semi-ornithological programme
http://www.theartsdesk.com/classical-music/prom-29-bavouzet-bbc-philharmonic-collon
Cardiff
Welsh National Opera prepares to welcome its new managing director to Wales
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Tanglewood
Can classical music ever be funny?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/boston-symphony-orchestra-tanglewood-haydn/
Santa Fe
Review: Santa Fe Opera Offers “The Daughter of the Regiment,’ “Rigoletto’ and “Salome’
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Santa Fe Opera updates “Salome’ with a surprise
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Sidney
BWW Reviews: Opera Australia’s Beautiful Interpretation of THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Tells A Tale Of Love, Deceit, Passion, Lust, And The Division Between The Classes.
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Reviews vom 8.8.2015
Mailand
The Unbearable Lightness of Being the Budapest Festival Orchestra
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London
La Sylphide, London Coliseum, review: Romantic tale features fleet-footed footwork from the Queensland Ballet read more
Vorschau
Paul Barker: why my opera without words speaks volumes
The composer’s El Gallo features not a single recognisable syllable but, he says, that’s no barrier to understanding
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New York
Review: Mostly Mozart, Highlighted by Sol Gabetta’s Haunting Vocalise
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Chicago
Grant Park Orchestra goes underground but soars with Bruckner
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Santa Fe
Review: “Cold Mountain,’ at Santa Fe Opera, Recounts a Separated Lover’s Arduous Journey
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“Cold Mountain” is a long, bleak night in Santa Fe Opera premiere
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Opera redux: Santa Fe Opera’s 59th season
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Sidney
Review: The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Australia)
McVicar brews up an excellently cast comic cauldron of sex and social politics.
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/review-marriage-figaro-opera-australia
Reviews vom 7.8.2015
Hamburg
Lucinda-Childs-Premiere auf Kampnagel: Wenn Avantgarde zahm wird
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London
La Sylphide review Queensland Ballet’s La Sylphide at the Coliseum
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/la-sylphide/
Queensland Ballet: La Sylphide review – impressive mastery of a tragic fairytale
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How to memorise a symphony
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Prom 26: Best of British crowned by an energetic Walton 2
https://bachtrack.com/review-prom-26-bbcnow-otaka-august-2015
New York Vorschau
A George Benjamin Exacting Storm in Opera Comes to Mostly Mozart
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Alexei Lubimov charms Mostly Mozart audience with Satie and Debussy in New York
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Cooperstown
At Glimmerglass Festival, “The Magic Flute’ Is Among the Reimagined
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Santa Fe
Opera: Santa Fe’s “Rigoletto’ a feast for the ears, but not the eyes
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A sensational “Rigoletto” debut and uneven “La fille” at Santa Fe Opera
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Los Angeles
Stars align for Dudamel and Mozart at the Hollywood Bowl
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Sidney
Julie Andrews to direct Sydney Opera House production of My Fair Lady
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Reviews vom 6.8.2015
Salzburg
Review: “Le Nozze Di Figaro’ Gets an Update in Salzburg
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Martina Franca
White doves for Mayr’s Medea in Corinto in Martina Franca
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-mayr-medea-corinto-luisi-martina-franca-july-2015
Drottningholm
A night of bröllops and trollops: Figaro opens Drottningholm’s Opera Festival
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-figaro-minkowski-drottningholm-august-2015
London
Proms 2015: Prom 24, James MacMillan and Mahler, review ‘beautifully played’
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Proms 2015: Prom 25, Monteverdi – Orfeo, review: ‘buoyant’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/proms-2015-prom-25-monteverdi-orfeo-review/
Prom 25, Royal Albert Hall, review: Monteverdi’s Orfeo offers moments of magic
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Orfeo review – achingly moving but hampered by clumsy staging
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/05/monteverdi-choir-gardiner-prom-25-review-orfeo
Carlos Acosta’s Cubania, Royal Opera House, review: ‘plenty of energy, not enough passion’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/dance/what-to-see/carlos-acosta-cubania-royal-opera-house/
Gateshead
L’enfant et les sortilèges review – bright ideas and remarkable singing
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/04/l-enfant-et-les-sortileges-review-samling-academy
New York
Metropolitan Opera Says Its “Otello’ Tenor Will Not Wear Blackface
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Santa Fe
SFO commissions boundary-stretching opera about Steve Jobs „Since his death in 2011, technology pioneer and Apple Computer co-founder
Steve Jobs has been the subject of biographies, graphic novels, feature films, documentaries and an off-Broadway play. Now he is headed to the opera stage.”
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Berkeley
Monteverdi’s Ulysses Returns to His Homeland — a Warehouse in Oakland
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Feuilleton
Someone’s Cooking at the Opera
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/someones-cooking-opera/
Salzburg
Review: “Le Nozze Di Figaro’ Gets an Update in Salzburg
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Martina Franca
White doves for Mayr’s Medea in Corinto in Martina Franca
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-mayr-medea-corinto-luisi-martina-franca-july-2015
Drottningholm
A night of bröllops and trollops: Figaro opens Drottningholm’s Opera Festival
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-figaro-minkowski-drottningholm-august-2015
London
Proms 2015: Prom 24, James MacMillan and Mahler, review ‘beautifully played’
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Proms 2015: Prom 25, Monteverdi – Orfeo, review: ‘buoyant’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/proms-2015-prom-25-monteverdi-orfeo-review/
Prom 25, Royal Albert Hall, review: Monteverdi’s Orfeo offers moments of magic
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Orfeo review – achingly moving but hampered by clumsy staging
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/05/monteverdi-choir-gardiner-prom-25-review-orfeo
Carlos Acosta’s Cubania, Royal Opera House, review: ‘plenty of energy, not enough passion’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/dance/what-to-see/carlos-acosta-cubania-royal-opera-house/
Gateshead
L’enfant et les sortilèges review – bright ideas and remarkable singing
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/04/l-enfant-et-les-sortileges-review-samling-academy
New York
Metropolitan Opera Says Its “Otello’ Tenor Will Not Wear Blackface
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Santa Fe
SFO commissions boundary-stretching opera about Steve Jobs „Since his death in 2011, technology pioneer and Apple Computer co-founder
Steve Jobs has been the subject of biographies, graphic novels, feature films, documentaries and an off-Broadway play. Now he is headed to the opera stage.”
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Berkeley
Monteverdi’s Ulysses Returns to His Homeland — a Warehouse in Oakland
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Feuilleton
Someone’s Cooking at the Opera
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/someones-cooking-opera/
Reviews vom 5.8.2015
Bregenz
Review: “Turandot’ and “Les Contes d’Hoffmann,’ Spectacle and Substance at Bregenz Festival
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London
Monteverdi’s Orfeo: ‘a brilliant and compelling fable to the inalienable power of music’
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Prom 22, Royal Albert Hall, review
The Aurora Orchestra plays from memory and Francesco Piemontesi excels in Mozart
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Prom 23: Verdi’s Requiem, BBCSSO, Runnicles
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BBCSSO/Runnicles review – sheer and impressive
Donald Runnicles, conducting the Deutsche Oper Berlin’s chorus and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, brought precision and drama to Verdi’s Requiem
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Cooperstown
Glimmerglass Festival Review: Celebrating 40 Years
With performances of “Candide,’ “Macbeth’ and more, Glimmerglass remains a destination that promises opera lovers something new and special.
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Boston
Boston Symphony Extends Andris Nelsons’s Contract Through 2022
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Houston
Houston Grand Opera: to give World Premiere of O Columbia September 23 and 24
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Santa Fe
Thinly Veiled At Santa Fe Opera,
Richard Strauss’ Salome has excellent singers but the director’s concept is misguided.
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Mountain Tops
At Santa Fe Opera, the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s stunning first opera, Cold Mountain, should put this work in demand for years to come.
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Reviews vom 4.8.2015
Bayreuth
But what does it all mean? Castorf’s visually stylish Götterdämmerung brings no Resolution
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-gotterdammerung-castorf-bayreuth-august-2015
Salzburg
Review: Cecilia Bartoli Has Dramatic Depth as “Norma’ at Salzburg Festival
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London
Prom 19: Alina Ibragimova review – spellbinding Bach from start to finish
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Prom 20: BBC Philharmonic taxing and arresting in Schubert, Bedford and Bruckner
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-20-mena-bedford-bbc-philharmonic-july-2015
Prom 21: Immersive solo Bach from Ibragimova at the Late Night Proms
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-21-bach-ibragimova-august-2015
Prom 22: Aurora Orchestra / Collon @ Royal Albert Hall, London
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Why the difficult, eccentric bassoon is well worth saving
Despite being the butt of many musicians’ jokes, the bassoon is the natural instrument of sturdy individualists
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New York
Review: Jeremy Denk in a Full-Blooded Performance at Mostly Mozart
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Tanz
Review: Garth Fagan Dance Honors Geoffrey Holder Along With Carmen de Lavallade
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St. Louis
BWW Reviews: RIGOLETTO is Another Triumph at Union Avenue Opera
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Reviews vom 3.8.2015
Bregenz
Turandot and Offenbach At The Bregenz Festival
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2015/08/02/turandot-and-offenbach-at-the-bregenz-festival/
London
Prom 19: Alina Ibragimova combines dazzling brilliance and subtlety in Bach
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-19-bach-alina-ibragimova-july-2015
Three Choirs festival; Saul – review
Various venues, Hereford; Glyndebourne, East Sussex
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/31/three-choirs-festival-saul-review-glyndebourne
Bristol
Bristol Proms, Bristol Old Vic, review: Acoustic tradition meets digital Technology
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New York
La Monte Young: ‘I’m only interested in putting out masterpieces’
The godfather of minimal music is still performing at 79, and since few recordings exist of his work, his live performances are more essential than ever
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/30/la-monte-young-dia-chelsea-exhibit
Miami
Miami Summer Music Festival closes on a high note with cleverly staged, gloriously sung “Don Giovanni“
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Santa Fe
If it’s August, it must be time for the Santa Fe Opera
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Review: Higdon’s new opera, Cold Mountain, at Santa Fe
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Review: Quartet of Santa Fe Opera favorites return for “La finta giardiniera’
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Sidney
Interview
David McVicar and Figaro is a true marriage of minds
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Review: Australian World Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle
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Reviews vom 2.8.2015
London
Access all arias: how a 16th-century choral work is reaching new audiences
Classical music will only survive if it persuades younger audiences to give great music a chance. In Bristol and across Britain, programmers are reaching out to new listeners in exciting and imaginative ways
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Classical music completists, unite! What mighty cycles shall we stage at the Proms?
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Review: Two BBC Proms More Modern than Pastoral
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Prom 18: Bychkov and the BBCSO conquer the Leningrad Symphony in style
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Gateshead
A bewitching L’Enfant et les sortilèges from Samling Academy Opera
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New York
Metropolitan Opera 2015-16 Preview: Simon Keenlyside Brings His Acclaimed Portrayal of Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’
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Ravinia
Conlon, Chicago Symphony vivid and stylish in Brahms and Zemlinsky at Ravinia
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Reviews vom 1.8.2015
Mailand
Refreshing the classics: Ponnelle’s Barbiere resurrection with the Teatro alla Scala Academy
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-barbiere-nucci-raimondi-la-scala-academy-july-2015
Moskau
Bolshoi Is Not Renewing Acid Attack Victim’s Contract
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London
Why you won’t catch a British politician at the opera
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Proms 2015: Prom 15, Prokofiev, Qigang Chen & Rachmaninov, review: ‘beguiling’
This stirring performance could have done with more poise, says Hugo Shirley
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BBCNOW/Zhang review – hypnotic, seductive stuff
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/30/bbcnow-zhang-chen-premiere-prom-15
Prom 16: Late night with BBC Radio 1, The Ibiza Prom: A right royal rave
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-16-ibiza-club-tong-buckley-july-2015
Prom 17: Vaughan Williams’ Sancta civitas makes its Proms debut
https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-prom-17-paterson-elder-halle-july-2015
Hallé/Elder review – impressive revival of Vaughan Williams’s neglected oratorio
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New York
The Expo Effect: Why New York Needs Big Cultural Initiatives
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/expo-effect-why-new-york-needs-big-cultural-project/
Boston
Boston Midsummer Opera revives “Martha’
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Chicago
“Glee” star Jane Lynch headed to Lyric Opera of Chicago as organization’s financial details remain under wraps
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Caramoor
Songs of the Guillotine At Caramoor, an elegant, suspenseful retelling of a famed 1794 execution
http://observer.com/2015/07/songs-of-the-guillotine/
Tokyo
The triennial World Ballet Festival brings classics, rarities and international dance talent to Tokyo
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